Human Interest

Senior NSW prosecutor Margaret Cunneen lashes out at the ICAC and its investigation into claims she coached her son's girlfriend as a witness, revealing they may sue for damages after what she describes as a "frightful ordeal".

Despite an estimated 20 per cent of Australians suffering from debilitating chronic pain, a leading expert in pain management says it remains the largest unrecognised condition of all the chronic diseases.

The Vietnamese community urges the Australian Government to protect a group of asylum seekers it has reportedly sent back to Vietnam after a boat was spotted off the coast of Western Australia last week.

Just as the stock market drama subsides, the past week has seen some pretty bizarre stories come out of Beijing, and as China correspondent Huey Fern Tay reports, these tales involve Spartans, the police and a very naughty video.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service warns anyone on the water around Sydney's Middle Harbour to be aware of a southern right whale as kayakers get close enough to be sprayed with water by the animal.

All attention was on Mick Fanning after the Australian survived a shark attack during the finals of the J-Bay Open World Surf League event in South Africa, but as jet skis rescued Fanning and fellow surfer Julian Wilson, a lonely photographer was left bobbing in the water.